dicks
Sleuths for hire
Dicks is the plural of dick—penises or, more commonly, contemptible men: Those dicks cut in front of us.
It's also the third-person verb: He dicks around all day and somehow keeps his job.
detectives
Informal term for detective
- sleuthPrivate investigator
- noirHard-boiled film genre
- investigationFormal examination of facts
- mysterySomething unexplained or unknown
whodunit · case · evidence · clues · interrogate · surveillance · crime · solve
gumshoe
Informal term for detective
- sleuthPrivate investigator
- noirHard-boiled film genre
- investigationFormal examination of facts
mystery · whodunit · case · evidence · clues · interrogate · surveillance · crime · solve · deduction
Van Dyke
Pointed beard style
register/politeness
dickspenises
Male reproductive organs
phalluses · male genitalia · members · private parts · genitals
- dicks aroundWastes time frivolously
- Moby DickFictional white sperm whale
- dick moveInconsiderate harmful action
- dick picsPhotographs of male genitalia
- Dick Van Dyke
- Tom, Dick and HarryAny ordinary person